Olá, fiquei muito triste com a morte da Marie até chorei quando soube, apesar de nunca ter ido a nenhum concerto, para mim são o melhor grupo de música do mundo, foram muito importantes para mim, as suas músicas sempre me acompanharam. Para mim no meu coração vão ser sempre eternos, ROXETTE FOREVER.
Remembrance book for Marie Fredriksson
Dear fellow friends, dear fans of Marie Fredriksson, dear Roxette fans, dear kind people in this world,
our friend Marie has passed away on December 9, and many, many people in the world are heartbroken and would like to express their feelings. Not everyone can do so on the social media, not everyone can do so by coming to Sweden and signing the official remembrance book laid out in Stockholm.
We want to collect your thoughts, your grieve, but also your finest memories with Marie here. Please write down what you always wanted to say to her, we will collect each single entry of yours, put them into one single book and send it over to Marie’s family to show them how much she made this world better through you.
Thank you.
[All entries made before January 1, 2020 were taken over for the book. You will still be able to add your messages now but we cannot consider them for the book to Marie’s family anymore as it has been printed by now.]
The Daily Roxette had one copy of the book printed early January 2020 and handed it over to Marie Dimberg, Roxette’s manager and a very good friend of Marie Fredriksson and her family, in Göteborg on January 20, 2020. The printed version of the book is nearly 800 pages thick and it has a white cover. Its title “Tack för allt Marie” (Thank you for everything Marie) is written in silver and red letters on its sleeve.
Here you see some quick photos of the book, sadly there has never been a chance to take proper photos of this one copy as it arrived just before the evening we headed to Göteborg for the “En kväll för Marie Fredriksson” show.
If you are interested, you can download a simplified version (the printed version contains a few more blank pages to separate the chapters, for instance) of the book with all entries right here.
The entries are sorted alphabetically by names, this file is also searchable.
Entries with non-latin character sets are at the very end of the book. Most URLs have been removed as they make little sense in a printed book.
Download the file “TackForAlltMarieByTDR.pdf”
6662 entries.
Dear Marie,
Thanks for your music and voice, and of course Roxette gave me lots of precious moments. It is a really sad news for me to lose your beautiful voice but I believe you will live happy ever and ever in the heaven. Your voice will always keep in my mind.
Miss you Marie!
Dear Marie
I grew up with Roxette.......
Your music and persona will forever be part of my life.
In my twenties people used to say that I resemble you and that was the biggest compliment I could get.
I will forever remember how you danced on the stage barefoot.
Rest in peace Marie
Your voice will live on
Love from South Africa
Bardzo lubię Roxette,Marie miała fantastyczny głos i fantastyczny image.Muzyka Roxette wspaniała,na szczęście ona pozostanie wieczna !! Marie,niech gdzieś tam,nie wiem gdzie,będzie Ci lepiej. RiP
My sweet Marie, it's so difficult to put into words the sense of emptiness you have left in us. Your wonderful voice has marked every moment of my life, since I discovered you, thanks to a CD that a dear friend gave me many years ago, I could no longer do without Roxette music and your fantastic voice that made come back to mind sweet memories of childhood and raised me in the darkest moments, when life put me to the test. A real care for the soul, this you have been for me. Thanks for everything. I will not forget you, even if you didn't really leave us, you will live forever in your music, in your voice so powerful yet so delicate as a caress. Your determination will be an example to all those who have admired and loved you. Goodbye To You my sweet Marie.
Have always loved Roxette ever since I was a little girl and heard
The song joyride. Marie, you always got and will still get EVERYONE
Up and dancing. Marie, You got the look! Taken far too young.
May you rest in peace
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Dear Marie,
from sometimes troubling teenage times until now you and Per have always been a part of my life. Your art has been soothing, vitalising and inspiring; I'll always remember your charisma as well as outstanding voice and performance!
We never met but still it feels like having lost a very dear friend!
You will be missed.
T.
My wife and I are Roxette fans since the very beggining. Actually we are in part together as I used a Roxette new released CD to meet her and start our relationship.
We could enjoy the last concert live in the Palau Sant Jordi in 2015 where with all thed difficulties Marie performed flawlessly with all her strenght and get all of us to utmost joy. Roxette's music is a part of our daily life, and whilst Marie is sadly no longer between us phisically ,she will always be present in our hearts and minds when listening to any of the group's marvellous songs. Our most beloved one being Listen to your heart. Our sincere condolences to Marie's family and also specially to Per.
Your legend and legacy will live forever in all your followers worldwide.
A big hug from Catalonia !!
Toni&Des
You walked with me since the earliest stages of my life. Your voice has been and will always be the soundtrack of my life... I am not saying good bye. There is not such a thing like death.... of course it is sad. Of cours it hurts. But You will always be in my heart, in every song, and in each nice memory. You are the one and only! You will be with us every time we hit the play button of this endless list of amazing songs you left us as the most beautiful gift. This is the way we will keep you alive forever. Thanks Marie! Kisses to heaven!
The sky has now got a new star. The star Marie will always shine for us up there and always give us strength when we look up and ask for it! Marie was a unique woman. Combative and humble. She made me very happy at your last concert and showed me what it means to fight for his life! It was a magical moment in the concert hall when the evening was over. You could feel the joy of Marie when she looked into the faces of your fans. The entire Munich Olympic Hall stood for minutes and applauded your performance. Some fans also had tears in their eyes. Thank you Marie for all the wonderful years, songs and moments you gave us! You will stay in our hearts forever! In the hearts of all your fans around the world! So unforgettable! In our hearts you will continue to live dear Marie! ❤️ Thanks for everything! We also wish you a lot of strength for your husband Mikael and your children Oscar and Josefin for this difficult time.
So sad week...My close friend advised me to write hand-made letter to express my feelings and what Rox and Marie meant for me.
The moments which poped out in my mind really made me crying and laughing at the same time. All the moments in different times when they were part of my book of live. It was a really interresting 5 hours Roxette brainstorming rememberring those various moments of my life connected to them.
It was a really long one letter and I must say it helped me a little bit. After writing it I felt better and also better understood that inside of me (and milions of others), SHE WILL REALLY LIVE FOREVER.
Excelent voice in combination with big hits, easy lyrics which formed by personality, made me feeling better at good times, and helped me to ease the pain in bad times. They were part of my June afterroons, perfect days, but also when I was fading like a flower.
Her voice touched my heart milion times. It´s partially over.
But as Robert Fulgum wrote: Love is stronger than death.
Love is inside of us and that will not change. I hope to keep meeting her in my dreams as I have been doing in last 28 years. Thank you for everything, my inspiration.
My prayers for her family, close friends and Per - get better soon
It is difficult to say something. Every word was lost, when I heard about Marie's passing.
Roxette was one of my favourites, if not the best. I consider it part of my life, since I was listening to Marie's voice from the times of my childhood. Their album "Joyride" was my first music purchase more than twenty years ago. Of course, there was numerous bootlegs and amateur records from radio... but when I had a possibility to buy legal music - I did not ruminate. I just asked to bring me Roxette. It was worth every banknote and every coin I spent...
It was an audiocassette, small and fragile. Yellow back cover with Marie and Per photo in a sort of playroom with toy elephant and lion at the corners. I just can not count, how many times I had listening to it - until the tape got deteriorated and deaf. Even now I can easily remember the words from each of songs from there...
I was saddened, when I read about Marie's sickness... And I was delighted, when she returned to singing. And now I am destroyed, when she had left.
The best I can tell about her voice - are the words from "Almost Unreal". It really have the power to heal. Some music can thrill, entertain, even show other worlds. But the music of Roxette was a healing elixir. Correction: is a healing elixir and will be forever.
Now she will sing among the stars. Thank you, Marie. Bon voyage to the eternity.
Story of a childhood
It must have been somewhen around 1991 or 1992. Somewhere in an outside district of East Berlin. German reunion was just strongly moving on everything around was changing. It’s the story of a 5- or 6-years old boy picking up his mom from work in a random department store. Music was no important part of his life so far, it was just a background noise wherever. Suddenly that crystal clear voice coming from the radio played in the shop caught his attention and never left it again. His first ever album was a handmade cassette full of Roxette songs. He put stickers from a magazine on it and took it to kindergarten where they all had to listen it day by day. In the evenings he played the cassette while falling into sleep.
Two years later, he was 7 and at school now, his room walls full of posters, his parents took him to his first concert ever. It was a big birthday gift. He wasn’t allowed to tell any of his class mates cause it meant he would miss school on the next day. He had wadding to protect his ears. It was the first of 6 Roxette concerts, first one in the age of 7, last aged 29 – this time, very special, in Gothenborg.
Marie and Roxette were the sound of his childhood. But actually, even if he had grown up and new things beacme important, they never left. Yesterday a part of his childhood died with Marie.
That boy - it’s me. Good Bye and thank you Marie.
You gave power for strength and weakness at the same time. Rest in Peace!
I was a child when i first heard Roxette. I can't recall which was the first song but now that I'm forty, I can recall how Roxette and Marie's and Per's own solo work have been the soundtrack of my life. I was lucky to see them in concert twice, Caracas in 1995 and Shanghai in 2012. Sparvoga, det som var nu, mellan sommar och host, tro, and hundreds of songs that helped me discover something wonderful in this world. Marie's death has left a void in my soul that can only be filled with that love for the music and with the comfort that those amazing songs and Per's future creations will continue to play on the jukebox in my heart. Rest in Peace our Queen M.
Thank you for the music, your voice, your beauty. Marie, you will be truly missed but you are in my heart and thoughts.. R.I.P Marie. God bless you. xxxx
Dear Marie, you have been an inspiration to so many and your music has been apart of my life’s journey that will never be forgotten. Your music healed my broken heart many times and helped me get through my teenage years, it even inspired me to play guitar. These precious memories will always have a special place in my heart.
Thank-You ❤️
Eu sou fã do Roxette. Senti muito a perda da Marie. Que Deus possa abençoar toda a família e que a banda possa continuar na estrada. Beijão à todos!
Thank you Marie. we never met, but I owe you (and Per) so much. Your spirit, energy, and sound shaped my teenage years.
I love that the power of music can connect people in such a way that they never need to meet.
Rest in peace beautiful Marie.
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful voice and great energy. It most definitely WAS live! You will live on forever Marie. Peace.
Dear Marie: I love when you do that hocus pocus to me, the way that you sing, you've got the power to heal: Thank you for paint my world with your voice, with your music and with your songs. With them I grew up, I dreamed, and I fell in love. It remains and will continue to be so. And Yes!... it is true, you have a church in your heart...Thanks for being a good person who made this world a better place for everyone. Now you are free, sing for all the eternity!. From Mexico with love. R.I.P Marie.